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A Multicenter Collaborative Study by the Korean Society of Vitiligo about Patients' Occupations and the Provoking Factors of Vitiligo
- Source :
- Annals of Dermatology
- Publication Year :
- 2014
- Publisher :
- Korean Dermatological Association and The Korean Society for Investigative Dermatology, 2014.
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Abstract
- Background It was previously thought that persons with genetic predispositions to vitiligo develop the condition after exposure to various precipitating environmental factors. However, in many cases, the aggravating factors of vitiligo have not been clearly identified. Objective To identify the aggravating factors of vitiligo in the working environment and daily life. Methods A total of 489 vitiligo patients were recruited from 10 institutions in South Korea; patients were provided with a questionnaire about environmental factors and behavior patterns in the workplace and in daily life, and their association with vitiligo. Results Ninety-five of the 470 enrolled patients (20.2%) answered that environmental risk factors in daily life and in the workplace affected the development of vitiligo. The most frequently attributed causes were trauma and burn (13.6%), followed by sunlight (12.8%), stress (12.8%), cleaning products/disinfectant/chemicals (4.9%), and hair dye (2.1%). Conclusion Vitiligo of the hand and foot was associated with frequent exposure to aggravating materials and overexposure to sunlight, along with frequent trauma of these areas, all of which could be considered important risk factors of vitiligo. The development of vitiligo could potentially be controlled through the early detection of aggravating factors.
- Subjects :
- medicine.medical_specialty
integumentary system
business.industry
Vitiligo
Alternative medicine
Dermatology
Environment
medicine.disease
Provoking factor
Risk factors
medicine
Genetic predisposition
Original Article
Occupations
Aggravating Factor
skin and connective tissue diseases
business
Psychiatry
Clinical psychology
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 20053894 and 10139087
- Volume :
- 26
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Annals of Dermatology
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....83f7d7e549ff5895320660559d692d73